Royal Meath Militia

Royal Meath Militia
5th (Extra Reserve) Bn, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Active25 April 1793–31 July 1922
Country Ireland (1793–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1922)
Branch Militia/Special Reserve
RoleInfantry
Size1 Battalion
Part ofPrince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Garrison/HQKells
Trim
Navan
Drogheda
Engagements

The Royal Meath Militia was an Irish Militia regiment in County Meath raised in 1793. It later became a battalion of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). It saw action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and the Easter Rising in 1916, and trained hundreds of reinforcements during World War I. It was disbanded in 1922.